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  In Jeremiah, chapter twelve, verses seven through thirteen, “I have forsaken mine house, I have left mine heritage; I have given the dearly beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies. Mine heritage is unto me as a speckled bird, the birds round about are against her; come ye, assemble all the […]

In Jeremiah, chapter twelve, verse six, “For even thy brethren, and the house of thy father, even they have dealt treacherously with thee; yea, they have called a multitude after thee: believe them not, though they speak fair words unto thee.” Evidently, some of Jeremiah’s own family had turned against him and dealt treacherously with

In Jeremiah, chapter twelve, verse five, “If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? And if in the land of peace, wherein thou trustedst, they wearied thee, then how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan?” This was God’s answer to Jeremiah’s prayer

in Jeremiah, chapter twelve, verses one through four, is Jeremiah’s prayer. “Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously? Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken

In Jeremiah, chapter eleven, verses nineteen through twenty-three, starting at verse nineteen, “But I was like a lamb or an ox that is brought to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised devices against me, saying, Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off from

In Jeremiah, chapter eleven, verse fourteen, “Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up a cry or prayer for them: for I will not hear them in the time that they cry unto me for their trouble.” Several times, God instructed Jeremiah not to pray or intercede for the people, as also in

In Jeremiah, chapter eleven, verse three, “And say thou unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel; Cursed be the man that obeyeth not the words of this covenant.” God’s people of His chosen nation had made a covenant with Him, promising to obey Him as their Lord and God. In return, He would

In Jeremiah, chapter ten, verse twenty-five, “Pour out thy fury upon the heathen that know thee not, and upon the families that call not on thy name: for they have eaten up Jacob, and devoured him, and consumed him, and have made his habitation desolate.” Jeremiah prays that the invaders who had so cruelly preyed

In Jeremiah, chapter ten, verses seventeen through twenty-two, beginning with verse seventeen, “Gather up thy wares out of the land, O inhabitant of the fortress.” The invasions of the Babylonians was so imminent, and the accompanying disaster so real to Jeremiah that he would utter words of lament so that the people would wail in

In Jeremiah, chapter ten, verses two through sixteen, due to the threat of the Babylonian invasion, the people turned themselves over severely to idols and to the astrology and spiritism of the surrounding nations. Jeremiah warns the people against such action, declaring that the Lord God is the one true God who created all things,